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Grants support clinical orthopaedic fellowship programs and may be used for a fellow's salary and benefits. Programs can request preapproval of other direct educational expense during the application process if salary and benefit support is not possible. All applications are reviewed by subspecialty experts based on objective criteria including faculty expertise, ratio of fellows to faculty, educational resources and program emphasis on research.

OMeGA supports fellowship programs in all nine orthopaedic subspecialties. To find information and resources for each subspecialty, hover over the "Fellowship Grants and Subspecialty Pages" button on the left, and click links in the drop-down menu.

Orthopaedic community joins forces to rally support for orthopaedic GME

In September 2017, OMeGA, AAOS, OREF, AOA and 20 other orthopaedic societies joined together to approve and sign the fourth annual US letter to industry to encourage support for graduate medical education (GME). Industry support of quality orthopaedic residency and fellowship programs is, without doubt, critical to secure the future of the orthopaedic profession. To demonstrate the crucial need for the nonconflicted, merit-based funding provided by OMeGA GME grants, and to enlist help from industry, this letter was sent to current and potential supporters of OMeGA. The letter outlines a brief history of GME funding, defines the role OMeGA grants play in the orthopaedic GME landscape, and calls industry to act on behalf of orthopaedic patients and the orthopaedic educational system.

OMeGA is also excited to announce the signing of the first annual Canadian joint letter to industry, which highlights the partnership between OMeGA, the Canadian Orthopaedic Association, and 8 Canadian orthopaedic subspecialty societies. View the 2017 Canadian joint letter to industry here.

Corporate support broadens reach of OMeGA grants

OMeGA Medical Grants Association is the only third-party administrator of grants in all orthopaedic subspecialty categories. Since 2008, OMeGA has collaborated with corporate donors to support quality orthopaedic residency programs and fellowship education. OMeGA grants provide an objective, non-conflicted, transparent funding mechanism to assure continued funding of orthopaedic training--education that is critical to maintaining quality orthopaedic patient care. In its first ten years OMeGA has received 2,084 applications for residency and fellowship support, and requests from meritorious programs continue to grow.

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